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LAKE ANNA FOUNTAIN...SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
URBAN LEGENDS SURROUNDING LAKE ANNA.
There are a lot of misconceptions about Lake Anna. Two popular myths are that it is “bottomless” and that Anna Barber swam in the lake and drowned there.
These are baseless urban legends that get passed on from generation to generation. Lake Anna is 35 feet deep at the center, it's bottom, and Anna Barber died in bed in Chicago in 1946, at the age of 79.
To our knowledge Anna never even swam in Lake Anna. How the rumor ever got started about Anna drowning in Lake Anna we will never know.
The rumor about Lake Anna being bottomless began when they first tried to determine the depth of the Lake by dropping an anchor tied to a rope into the center of the lake.
As the anchor descended the rope was naturally pulled down by the anchor. However by the time the anchor touched down at the bottom of Lake Anna the rope was caught in the undertow of one of the underground streams that feed Lake Anna, its fresh water supply.
The rope caught in the current of the stream continued to feed into the water as if the anchor was still sinking eventually slipping from the boat into the water, making it appear that the lake was bottomless.
FACTS ABOUT LAKE ANNA. Lake Anna is a glacial kettle lake.
Its age is approximately 15,000 years.
The name of Lake Anna is taken from the first name of Anna Laura Barber, the only daughter of Ohio C. Barber, founder of Barberton.
Lake Anna is about 35’ deep at the center, its deepest point.
The radius of Lake Anna is 424 feet and the diameter is 828 feet.
The fresh water source for Lake Anna is a series of underground springs.
The upper sidewalk around Lake Anna is approximately 3700 feet or .70 of a mile.
The lower walk around Lake Anna, which would be close to the circumference of the lake is approximately 2600 feet or almost 1/2 of a mile.
The water surface of the lake is approximately 10 acres, with Lake Anna Park amounting to a little under 21 acres.
LAKE ANNA FOUNTAIN...SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO
URBAN LEGENDS SURROUNDING LAKE ANNA.
There are a lot of misconceptions about Lake Anna. Two popular myths are that it is “bottomless” and that Anna Barber swam in the lake and drowned there.
These are baseless urban legends that get passed on from generation to generation. Lake Anna is 35 feet deep at the center, it's bottom, and Anna Barber died in bed in Chicago in 1946, at the age of 79.
To our knowledge Anna never even swam in Lake Anna. How the rumor ever got started about Anna drowning in Lake Anna we will never know.
The rumor about Lake Anna being bottomless began when they first tried to determine the depth of the Lake by dropping an anchor tied to a rope into the center of the lake.
As the anchor descended the rope was naturally pulled down by the anchor. However by the time the anchor touched down at the bottom of Lake Anna the rope was caught in the undertow of one of the underground streams that feed Lake Anna, its fresh water supply.
The rope caught in the current of the stream continued to feed into the water as if the anchor was still sinking eventually slipping from the boat into the water, making it appear that the lake was bottomless.
FACTS ABOUT LAKE ANNA. Lake Anna is a glacial kettle lake.
Its age is approximately 15,000 years.
The name of Lake Anna is taken from the first name of Anna Laura Barber, the only daughter of Ohio C. Barber, founder of Barberton.
Lake Anna is about 35’ deep at the center, its deepest point.
The radius of Lake Anna is 424 feet and the diameter is 828 feet.
The fresh water source for Lake Anna is a series of underground springs.
The upper sidewalk around Lake Anna is approximately 3700 feet or .70 of a mile.
The lower walk around Lake Anna, which would be close to the circumference of the lake is approximately 2600 feet or almost 1/2 of a mile.
The water surface of the lake is approximately 10 acres, with Lake Anna Park amounting to a little under 21 acres.